20/10/2010
Chancellor Set To Unveil Cuts
After months of negotiations with Whitehall departments the Chancellor is set to reveal the Spending Review today.
The review is expected to be the biggest programme of cuts in the UK for decades with the average reductions hitting 25% in most departments.
It is believed George Osborne's review will outline almost 500,000 public sector jobs cuts by 2014-15.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said the government were taking "an irresponsible gamble with our economy".
He continued: "There is an alternative. What the government should be doing is putting in place a plan to reduce the deficit but also protect jobs and growth in our country.
"People will be very fearful about what is being announced today, fearful for their jobs and fearful for many of the services they rely on up and down the country."
Yesterday 8% cuts to the defence budget were outlined in the strategic defence review highlighting a total of 42,000 job cuts in the Ministry of Defence and in the armed forces.
With the exception of health and international development, cuts in other departments could range between 25% and 40% in addition to welfare cuts.
Plans have already been outlined to stop child benefit payments to higher rate taxpayers.
It is believed the review also forecasts 490,000 fewer public sector workers by 2014-15.
Ahead of the announcement, thousands of protesters gathered in Westminster yesterday to lobby MPs.
On Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told Lib Democrats the Spending Review had involved "difficult decisions" but that it "provides the best evidence yet of why we are in government".
He added the decisions will "build a fairer and more liberal Britain".
(BMcN/GK)
The review is expected to be the biggest programme of cuts in the UK for decades with the average reductions hitting 25% in most departments.
It is believed George Osborne's review will outline almost 500,000 public sector jobs cuts by 2014-15.
Labour leader Ed Miliband said the government were taking "an irresponsible gamble with our economy".
He continued: "There is an alternative. What the government should be doing is putting in place a plan to reduce the deficit but also protect jobs and growth in our country.
"People will be very fearful about what is being announced today, fearful for their jobs and fearful for many of the services they rely on up and down the country."
Yesterday 8% cuts to the defence budget were outlined in the strategic defence review highlighting a total of 42,000 job cuts in the Ministry of Defence and in the armed forces.
With the exception of health and international development, cuts in other departments could range between 25% and 40% in addition to welfare cuts.
Plans have already been outlined to stop child benefit payments to higher rate taxpayers.
It is believed the review also forecasts 490,000 fewer public sector workers by 2014-15.
Ahead of the announcement, thousands of protesters gathered in Westminster yesterday to lobby MPs.
On Tuesday, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg told Lib Democrats the Spending Review had involved "difficult decisions" but that it "provides the best evidence yet of why we are in government".
He added the decisions will "build a fairer and more liberal Britain".
(BMcN/GK)
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